Artist-designer Stuart Haygarth was showing a 1.5 meter wide Tide Chandelier made of plastic debris. “The original Tide chandelier is part of a larger body of work based on the collection of ' man made' debris washed up on a specific stretch of Kent coastline. I have been collecting material over many years and the work is still in progress. The material collected is sorted and categorized and several individual pieces of work were produced.".

+ stuarthaygarth.com

Piet Hein Eek’s Tempie Table for Cibone, “connected without glue”.

+ pietheineek.nl

Jos Kranen was showing his LED Flexilight designed for Feek Furniture. "...an ultra-flat-ready-to-use solution, so you can define your own routes of electricity through your house, using a decorative system to lay out your own 'underground map' of electricity.".

+ joskranen.nl

Designer Hiroyuki Komaki was showing some multi functional rattan furniture.

Beads & Pieces by Hella Jongerius is part of the Design With Conscience project started by Artecnica. It’s a four piece ceramic collection designed by Jongerius and handcrafted by artisans located in the primary coca leaf-growing region of Peru.

+ artecnicainc.com (click on Design With Consience on the left)

This year’s DesignTide Tokyo theme is "Design & Peace" a particularly relevant and timely theme in Northern Asia right now. DesignTide’s main site has three exhibitions on concurrently, 1) Tide Exhibition featuring 53 designers presenting their interpretation of Design & Peace, 2) Tide Market with 20 “shops” where designers sell their products and 3) Treasured Trash, 22 designers show what can be done with what is normally thrown away.

+ designtide.jp